First, let me say that I do not think that virtualization has become commodotized any more than databases have become commodotized. Although there are free solutions available, companies will always pay for enterprise capabilities/support. As to wholesale of cloud computing resources (such as Amazon, MS are doing), I don't think that those are direct competitors to VMWare. If a company plans to host its own software rather put in in someone else's cloud (and security, accountability, customizability, and manageability will dictate that it many cases), then virtualization can be a big win especially for internal services (especially test/QA). So I don't think VMWare is going away...
> Who will buy VMWare? I.B.M.? No. The company that would be wisest to acquire VMWare would be Oracle. Imagine if for testing purposes, you could spin-up a Virtual Server that was configured exactly the same as your production db server with extreme ease. That would be beautiful. On Aug 13, 12:23 am, "Vince O'Sullivan" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Aug 10, 11:38 pm, Josh Long <[email protected]> wrote: > > > VMWare buys SpringSource - thoughts? > > mmm... ...I must create a successful multi-million dollar start-up > some time. How hard can it be? Not today though, the weather's too > nice. I think I'll have me a beer on the porch. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
